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Brett Jurgens Best way to use built up equity?
22 December 2024 | 23 replies
@Brett Jurgens,With strong equity and a good tenant, you have a few options:Cash-Out Refinance: Offers lower, fixed rates for stable monthly payments and lets you keep the property while using equity to invest in another rental.HELOC: Provides flexible access to cash, though with typically higher, variable rates that can fluctuate over time.1031 Exchange: If you're open to selling, a 1031 exchange could defer taxes and allow you to trade up to a higher-value property or diversify into a different market.Each option has pros, so it really depends on whether you want to hold onto the current property or leverage its value for something new.
Raj Vardhan Cash out Refi
9 December 2024 | 16 replies
But this also typically requires existing relationship before they will start bending their "standard" underwriting rules.
Kwok Wong How to submit a respectful lowball offer?
7 December 2024 | 9 replies
Hope this exercise illustrates the fact the BRRRR and cash flow are not always indicators of success and far less time could have been invested to achieve a more favorable result by purchasing in Market A at the start.
Roger Mace Are Your Loans Recourse or Non-recourse, Know the Difference
29 November 2024 | 9 replies
For illustration purposes if I were given the opportunity to finance my construction projects at 8O% LTC full recourse or 70% partial recourse I will select the higher levered recourse option because have confidence in my projects knowing the debt is sub 60% LTV and want the benefit of leverage. 
Robert Ok Does This 2015 Book Still Have Current Info (The Book on Rental Property Investing)
16 December 2024 | 5 replies
[Book Title As Listed On Amazon]The Book on Rental Property Investing: How to Create Wealth With Intelligent Buy and Hold Real Estate Investing (BiggerPockets Rental Kit, 2) Paperback – Illustrated, October 28, 2015by Brandon Turner (Author)
Keleisha Carter rental arbitrage in Tampa/ St Petersburg
4 December 2024 | 8 replies
With rent demand being so high, it can be hard to make the numbers work, and it is so easy for property managers to fill units, that there is little justification for taking on the risk of dealing with Airbnb issues.To illustrate, I will give a personal example.
Michael Nguyen DSCR loan for an LLC multiple members. Does the lender look at all credit scores?
10 December 2024 | 11 replies
I've included an example below to help illustrate this.So different lenders have different rates (which do vary even for DSCR loans) but these are factors they all consider.See example below:DSCR < 1Principal + Interest = $1,700Taxes = $350, Insurance = $100, Association Dues = $50Total PITIA = $2200Rent = $2000DSCR = Rent/PITIA = 2000/2200 = 0.91Since the DSCR is 0.91, we know the expenses are greater than the income of the property.DSCR >1Principal + Interest = $1,500Taxes = $250, Insurance = $100, Association Dues = $25Total PITIA = $1875 Rent = $2300DSCR = Rent/PITIA = 2300/1875 = 1.23If a purchase, you also generally need reserves / savings to show you have 3-6 month payments of PITIA (principal / interest (mortgage payment), property taxes and insurance and HOA (if applicable).
Christian Gibbs What is the typical fee charged by property manager while rental is vacant?
25 November 2024 | 19 replies
Quote from @Michael Smythe: @Christian Gibbs let's look at this logically.PMCs either charge a percentage of collect rents or a flat fee.If they charge a percentage of collected rent, they typically are incentivized to get a property ready to rent quickly and find a good tenant.-- But, what happens if the owner wants to drag out repairs with requests for multiple bids, takes weeks to review and approve those bids and then take even more time to send funding?
Erich Oertel What cities are still great to invest in
6 December 2024 | 45 replies
For illustration purposes, the investor with engineering and/or construction background may excel building in a market where there is ease in doing business and can build efficiently whereas the doctor may have greater success in the established market where significant barriers already exist but can afford the entry price and can ride the waive of continued appreciation and offset their high salary by depreciating the expensive building they acquired.  
Pierre E. 300k average profit on a flip - is that real?
26 December 2024 | 2 replies
.: I am trying to learn and understand... someone told me that its not just size of the home or level of the flip that determines profit, and that in some markets, what is considered a typical profit is 300k based on the 70% ARV formula.